cooperative
or co-op·er·a·tive
working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
demonstrating a willingness to cooperate: The librarian was cooperative in helping us find the book.
pertaining to economic cooperation: a cooperative business.
involving or denoting an educational program comprising both classroom study and on-the-job or technical training, especially in colleges and universities.
a jointly owned enterprise engaging in the production or distribution of goods or the supplying of services, operated by its members for their mutual benefit, typically organized by consumers or farmers.
Also called co-op, cooperative apartment.
a building owned and managed by a corporation in which shares are sold, entitling the shareholders to occupy individual units in the building.
an apartment in such a building.: Compare condominium (defs. 1, 2).
Origin of cooperative
1Other words from cooperative
- co·op·er·a·tive·ly, co-op·er·a·tive·ly [koh-op-er-uh-tiv-lee, -op-ruh-tiv-, -op-uh-rey-tiv-], /koʊˈɒp ər ə tɪv li, -ˈɒp rə tɪv-, -ˈɒp əˌreɪ tɪv-/, adverb
- co·op·er·a·tive·ness, co-op·er·a·tive·ness, noun
- un·co·op·er·a·tive, adjective
- un·co·op·er·a·tive·ly, adverb
- un·co·op·er·a·tive·ness, noun
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How to use cooperative in a sentence
Magnum came into being as a cooperative only two years after the conclusion of World War II.
When officers tried to arrest him after he grew angry, Garner was non-cooperative.
Eric Garner Protests: ‘It’s Like Vietnam’ | Abby Haglage, Caitlin Dickson, Jacob Siegel, Chris Allbritton | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnother widows cooperative, Avega, is also currently attempting to open a retirement home for widows of the genocide.
After the Genocide, Rwanda’s Widows Aging Alone | Nina Strochlic | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe agency was not only cooperative, but “welcoming” of the research.
Why Did America’s Only Pot Researcher Suddenly Get Fired? | Abby Haglage | July 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTake this lack of cooperative instinct and add a competitive situation, and Benenson says you get a real conundrum.
People Prefer ‘The Bachelor’ to ‘The Bachelorette.’ Why? It’s Science. | Brandy Zadrozny | July 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Sometimes a farmer would give a sheep, and the local cooperative society provided the bread at half the cost of production.
The Underworld | James C. WelshBut when he tried to express the cooperative impulse that stirred within him, his noises became gibberish.
Before Adam | Jack LondonAt the end of 1836 the hand-loom weavers of Philadelphia proper had two cooperative shops and were planning to open a third.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States | Selig PerlmanThe handloom weavers in two of the suburbs of Philadelphia started cooperative associations at the same time.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States | Selig PerlmanThe cooperative principle met with success among the English-speaking people only outside the larger cities.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States | Selig Perlman
British Dictionary definitions for cooperative
co-operative
/ (kəʊˈɒpərətɪv, -ˈɒprə-) /
willing to cooperate; helpful
acting in conjunction with others; cooperating
(of an enterprise, farm, etc) owned collectively and managed for joint economic benefit
(of an economy or economic activity) based on collective ownership and cooperative use of the means of production and distribution
a cooperative organization
Also called: cooperative apartment US a block of flats belonging to a corporation in which shares are owned in proportion to the relative value of the flat occupied: Sometimes shortened to: coop Compare condominium (def. 3)
Derived forms of cooperative
- cooperatively or co-operatively, adverb
- cooperativeness or co-operativeness, noun
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